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This book provides new factual material on Charles Darwin, following many years of research into Darwin’s relationship to his cousin William Darwin Fox. It is a biographical and historical account of the letters exchanged by these two men and the diaries of W D Fox have never been accessed before. The relationship between Darwin and Fox has been acknowledged as a major biographical source on Darwin. Here the life of Fox is carefully pieced together and compared and contrasted with that of Darwin. Since Darwin and Fox were undergraduates together at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and corresponded with each other for the rest of their lives, dying within two years of each other, the diaries allow us a vivid insight into the unique relationship of these two naturalists and family friends. Both were studying to be clergymen of the Church of England, when Darwin was offered a place on The Beagle. Thereafter their lives diverged, as Fox became the country parson that Darwin might have been. New material on the life of Charles Darwin A fresh look at one of the most important biographical sources for the life of Charles Darwin A fascinating account of the lives of two Victorian naturalists A biographical account of the life of Charles Darwin contrasted with his clergyman cousin, William Darwin Fox A new look at the man who introduced Charles Darwin to beetles, William Darwin Fox

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Life Sciences, general; History of Science; History of Philosophy Researchers on the history of science, Darwin Studies, the History of nineteenth century science, natural history in the nineteenth century, and science and religion in the nineteenth century

Detalles del artículo

• Páginas : 400
• Editorial : Springer
• Idioma : Inglés
• Fecha de Publicación : 01/03/2009
• ISBN: 9781402092329
• Encuadernación : Cartoné
• Nº Volúmenes : 1
• País de Publicación : Holanda